Brooklyn Arts Press

Brooklyn Arts Press
Founded2007
FounderJoe Pan
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBrooklyn, New York
DistributionSmall Press Distribution
Key peopleNoah Eli Gordon, Anselm Berrigan, Joe Pan, Michael Ernest Sweet, Daniel Borzutzky
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genrespoetry, fiction, art
Official websitewww.brooklynartspress.com

Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is an independent publisher of poetry, literary fiction, non-fiction, art books, and music. The company was founded in 2007 by writer Joe Pan (formerly Joe Millar) in Brooklyn, New York.[1] In 2015, the small press was compared to Radiohead and Louis CK[2][3] for running a promotional sale that allowed readers to pay whatever they wanted for a new Noah Eli Gordon paperback book, leading to local[4] and international speculation[5] as to whether the campaign would be instrumental in changing how poetry books are sold in the US. In 2016, Daniel Borzutzky's book The Performance of Becoming Human, published by BAP that April, won the National Book Award for Poetry.[6]

  1. ^ “Pressing for Good Poetry, The Wall Street Journal March 12, 2012. Accessed October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ [1], Flavorwire March 2, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  3. ^ [2], Bustle March 2, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  4. ^ [3], The Poetry Foundation March 4, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  5. ^ [4], The Independent March 4, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  6. ^ 2016 "National Book Award Winner - Poetry", National Book Foundation website November 15, 2016. Accessed December 30, 2016.